page_title: Academic regalia of Stanford University
section_title: Hoods
hierarchical_section_title: Academic regalia of Stanford University / Regalia components / Hoods
caption_attribution_description: English: Three recent graduates of Stanford University in Stanford, California displaying their master's degree hoods.
context_page_description: The academic regalia of Stanford University describes the robes, gowns, and hoods which are prescribed by the university for its graduates. Stanford University was founded in 1891 and academic dress has been a part of academic life at the school since at least 1899. As in most American universities, the academic dress found at Stanford is derived from that of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, which was a development of academic and clerical dress common throughout the medieval universities of Europe. Today, also in common with most American universities, academic regalia is commonly seen only at graduation ceremonies. For most of its academic dress, Stanford follows the Intercollegiate Code of Academic Costume which was devised in 1895 and sets out a detailed uniform scheme of academic regalia. Stanford does make use of a distinct robe for its PhD graduates which was unique among American institutions of higher education in being based specifically on the doctoral robes of the University of Cambridge.
context_section_description: The academic hoods used at Stanford University also follow the precepts of the ICC to a large extent. Like many universities and colleges in the United States, Stanford does not make use of hoods for bachelors. Instead, bachelors use a stole bearing the university seal at graduation ceremonies. Masters use hoods of the same Oxford simple [s1] shape as most other American institutions. They are generally lined with cardinal red to signify the university and are bound with velvet in a color to indicate the wearer's discipline of study. For doctors of philosophy, there is, again, a unique hood that was designed by Professor Eric Hutchinson. The hood, like the robe, is similar to that used at the University of Cambridge. It is considerably fuller than the standard ICC doctors [f14] hood and is lined cardinal red. The cape is bound with two inches of dark blue velvet, while the cowl is bordered inside with two inches of satin in the degree color.
caption: Three recent graduates of Stanford University wearing their hoods. The light blue velvet is used to designate degrees in the field of education.
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